Description of B-orbit closures of order 2 in upper-triangular matrices

DOI10.1007/S00031-004-1111-0zbMATH Open1196.14040arXivmath/0312290OpenAlexW1992006307MaRDI QIDQ862270FDOQ862270

Authors: Anna Melnikov 

Publication date: 24 January 2007

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let n_n(C) be the algebra of strictly upper-triangular n x n matrices over the field of complex numbers and X_2 the subset of matrices of nilpotent order 2. Let B_n(C) be the group of invertible upper-triangular matrices acting on n_n(C) by conjugation. Let B(u) be the orbit of u in X_2 with respect to this action. Let S_n^2 be the subset of involutions in the symmetric group S_n. We define a new partial order on S_n^2 which gives the combinatorial description of the closure of B(u). We also construct an ideal I(B(u)) in symmetric algebra S(n_n(C)^* whose variety V(I(B(u))) equals the closure of B(u) (in Zariski topology). We apply these results to orbital varieties of nilpotent order 2 in sl_n(C) in order to give a complete combinatorial description of the closure of such an orbital variety in terms of Young tableaux. We also construct the ideal of definition of such an orbital variety up to taking the radical.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312290

Recommendations

• B-orbits of nilpotency order 2 and link patterns
• Combinatorics of \(B\)-orbits and Bruhat-Chevalley order on involutions.
• \(B_{n-1}\)-orbits on the flag variety \(\text{GL}_n/B_n\)
• \(B\)-orbits in solutions to the equation \(X^2=0\) in triangular matrices
• The combinatorics of orbital varieties closures of nilpotent order 2 in \(\text{sl}_ n\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Coadjoint orbits; nilpotent varieties (17B08)

Cited In (27)

• On the orbits of a Borel subgroup in abelian ideals
• A geometric interpretation of the intertwining number
• B-orbits of nilpotency order 2 and link patterns
• Congruence \(B\)-orbits and the Bruhat poset of involutions of the symmetric group
• Extended Joseph polynomials, quantized conformal blocks, and a \(q\)-Selberg type integral
• Singular components of Springer fibers in the two-column case
• Codimension one intersections of the components of a Springer fiber for the two-column case
• Gradedness of the set of rook placements in \(A_{n -1}\)
• On involutions of the symmetric group and congruence \(B\)-orbits of anti-symmetric matrices.
• Reducibility of the intersections of components of a Springer fiber
• Belitskii's canonical forms of upper triangular nilpotent matrices under upper triangular similarity
• The Bruhat-Chevalley order on involutions of the hyperoctahedral group and the combinatorics of \(B\)-orbit closures.
• Characteristic classes of Borel orbits of square-zero upper-triangular matrices
• The Brauer loop scheme and orbital varieties
• On varieties in an orbital variety closure in semisimple Lie algebras
• Finite parabolic conjugation on varieties of nilpotent matrices
• \(B\)-orbits in solutions to the equation \(X^2=0\) in triangular matrices
• Combinatorics of \(B\)-orbits and Bruhat-Chevalley order on involutions.
• Singularities of closures of \(B\)-conjugacy classes of nilpotent elements of height 2
• Nilpotent orbits of height 2 and involutions in the affine Weyl group
• B-orbits of square zero in nilradical of the symplectic algebra
• Upper triangular parts of conjugacy classes of nilpotent matrices with finite number of \(B\)-orbits
• On triangular similarity of nilpotent triangular matrices
• On orbital variety closures in \(\mathfrak{sl}_n\). III: Geometric properties
• Spherical conjugacy classes and involutions in the Weyl group
• \(B\)-orbits of 2-nilpotent matrices and generalizations
• On involutions in the Weyl group and \(B\)-orbit closures in the orthogonal case

This page was built for publication: Description of \(\mathbf B\)-orbit closures of order 2 in upper-triangular matrices

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q862270)